North Carolina Central University
Theatre — Dance Education Concentration · Division of Academic Affairs
Durham, NC
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About the Program
North Carolina Central University offers a BA in Theatre with a Dance Education Concentration. The concentration synthesizes creative, theoretical, and kinesthetic work through knowledge, skills, and competencies consistent with NC state educational standards for the theatre student interested in teaching dance professionally. NCCU is a historically Black university (HBCU) in Durham, NC, in the University of North Carolina system. The four-year curriculum combines a full dance-technique sequence (Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Modern) with education courses and student-teaching in dance education.
Degrees Offered
BA in Theatre — Dance Education Concentration
- •Dance Education
Concentrations
Coursework
Four-year curriculum sequences ballet, jazz, contemporary and modern technique alongside Dance Foundations, Composition I & II, Kinesiology, Dance History, Dance Culture & Contexts, and Dance Pedagogy. Culminates in Methods and Materials in Dance Education (EDU 4103, 6 credits) and Directed Teaching in Dance Education (EDU 4203, 6 credits). Program is designed to satisfy NC state teacher licensure standards for dance educators.
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